Tokyo 2010 GMC Handbook and Resources CD

The Tokyo 2010 Handbook of plenary sessions, workshops, and supplemental materials is available for downloading, and a Tokyo 2010 Global Mission Consultation post-consultation complete resources CD is in the editing process.

Tokyo 2010 GMC Archives

Video files of the Tokyo 2010 plenary sessions and some workshop presentations are available for viewing and downloading per the following list: Click Here

Delegates

A total of 968 Delegates representing 73 countries attended the Tokyo 2010 Global Mission Consultation May 11-14, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. They were joined by another 927 Observers from Japan and served by approximately 550 Japanese volunteers. Click Here to see a delegate statistical report.

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Global Mission Consultation & Celebration - From Edinburgh to Tokyo

THEME

Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future

VISION STATEMENT

Making Disciples Of Every People in Our Generation

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
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Matthew 28: 19-20 (NIV)

The vision statement of the Tokyo 2010 Global Missions Consultation is "Making disciples of all peoples in our generation." While this statement maintains the "closure" focus of Edinburgh 1910 and 1980-represented by the phrase "all peoples"-it also captures an equally important dimension of the Great Commission-the purpose of our going, which is to teach all peoples to obey everything Jesus commanded.

Discipling peoples is a process, not a one time event or accomplishment. It is something that has to revisited in and by every new generation. The often repeated truism that the Christian faith is just one generation away from extinction is a reality not only for the Church where it is, but for those seeking to build it where it is not.

Thus it is imperative that we continually ask ourselves: What kind of Christianity are we seeking to establish around the world? Is it a copy of our own-one in which we can't even keep our own young people who have been raised in Christian homes? Or is it built on more solid foundations? The kind laid down by the Master himself, who took twelve young men, and said, "Come, follow me." Or the kind laid down by the Apostle Paul, who said to the church in Corinth, "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put into practice" (Php. 4:9). And again to the Church in Ephesus, "I urge you to imitate me" (1 Cor. 4:16). How many of our leaders would be willing to say that today! But that is the goal, and until we get there we are not fulfilling the Great Commission.

Making disciples is a three-step process: first by going to those who had had no exposure to the gospel; second, by calling them into a relationship with Jesus that culminates in baptism; and third by teaching them to observe his commands. There is an overwhelming need and challenge to the missionary endeavors to reach those who have not heard - the unreached ethne of our times. In doing that we expect to see the church planted and in turn reaching out to others. But the challenge does not stop there. Making disciples includes a process that follows to keep that new follower learning and growing in his new faith, what some call “spiritual formation.” The important thing is that there is an on-going growth experience. A new believer’s worldview must be changed; his lifestyle adjusted to increasingly conform to the image of Christ; and his ethical conduct increasingly marked by integrity. When transformation is apparent in these areas, that believer in turn is in a position to teach others also and thus duplicate the process.

The Tokyo 2010 Global Missions Consultation will look at how we can work together to finish the task. How do we keep the conversation going and develop cooperative plans to move forward? How can we make sure that every people is properly engaged by disciple-making teams over the next decade? How can we help strengthen missions movements around the world which are just developing?

We thus embrace a vision of Making Disciples, with a time schedule of the generation of each one of us. We don't put a specific date on the vision, but realize that as we work together in love and increasing effectiveness and obedience to the Master's plan, the vision is both reachable and Biblical.

SPONSORING ORANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS

Planning for the Global Mission Consultation & Celebration - From Edinburgh to Tokyo has taken place under the leadership of a general Planning Committee and a Japan Host Committee and particularly a partnership of regional mission networks, including the Third World Missions Association (TWMA - 1986), the Asia Missions Association (AMA - 1975), the Global Network of Mission Structures (GNMS – 2005), and CrossGlobal Link (Formerly IFMA founded in 1917). At the Asia Missions Association meeting in late 2006, in Ephesus, Turkey, Dr. Ralph Winter presented the vision of the Global Network of Mission Structures (GNMS) for a 2010 meeting in the pattern of and in celebration of Edinburgh 1910. Then further, in early 2007 at the Third World Mission Association Executive meeting at Portland, Oregon, USA, the strong conviction of the Holy Sprit continued to urge us to believe that now is the time for the formal initiative to take place under the joint auspices of “international” associations of mission agencies.

Dr. Obed Alvarez served as conference chairperson and Dr. Hisham Kamel serves as the conference coordinator.